The The Angel Legacy

2 heroes have worn the The Angel mantle.

Successorheld the mantle from 1963

Warren Kenneth Worthington III

The X-Men #1 (1963) · 1,292 appearances

Powers. Mutant with feathered wings enabling flight; superhuman flight-adapted physiology. As Archangel, Apocalypse gave him metal techno-organic razor-feather wings, healing blood factor, and enhanced strength/regeneration.

Origin

Warren Kenneth Worthington III discovered feathered wings sprouting from his back during adolescence, a mutation that let him soar through the skies. The wealthy heir became one of Professor Xavier's original five X-Men, later enduring a dark transformation at the hands of Apocalypse that reshaped him into the metal-winged Archangel.

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The originalheld the mantle from 1939

Thomas Halloway

Marvel Comics #1 (1939) · 64 appearances

Powers. He aged very slowly for several decades but his aging process normalized in the late 1950s or later. He was also able to cast a winged shadow to make a dramatic departures though means for that trick remain unrevealed.

Origin

Thomas Halloway, a doctor's son raised among criminals and their victims, channeled that unique upbringing into a crime-fighting career as the Angel — one of Marvel's earliest heroes. He possessed mysteriously slow aging and could cast an eerie winged shadow to make dramatic exits.

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